4 posts and columns on lunch

BoomTown Will Have What Greg Coleman's Having: HuffPo Ad Sales Head Scores Big Bucks Twice From AOL's Armstrong

in News on February 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is the gift that keeps on giving–at least to Greg Coleman. He’s the Chief Revenue Officer at the Huffington Post–for which the Internet giant just forked over $315 million to acquire–who will get a multimillion dollar payout from the deal. Except Coleman is the same guy whose three-year contract as AOL’s onetime sales head was paid out by Armstrong after he was replaced after only three months.

Angel Investor Ron Conway Speaks (About His Wise-Up-Silicon-Valley Missive)

in News on October 14, 2008 at 7:45 am PT

Of course, the stock market had to come roaring back and it had to be extra sunny on the very day I was scheduled to have lunch with well-known Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway to talk about the worrisome state of the digital sector. After all, it was Conway, as well as Sequoia Capital, who sent out a stink bomb of an email last week to his start-ups to deliver a simple message: The Web 2.0 party is over. Say it ain’t so, Ron!

On the Menu at the Yahoo Top Managers Lunch Yesterday: Fear and AOL-oathing

in News on April 11, 2008 at 12:21 am PT

For some reason, none of the half-dozen SVPs and EVPs I spoke to, who attended a lunch that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang held yesterday for several dozen top-level execs, wanted to tell me exactly what was on the menu, because they did not want to reveal that kind of precise detail. Fish sticks? Corn dogs? A lovely club sandwich with applewood bacon? No dice! But no one could stop talking about the unhappiness they felt over the possible deal Yang was concocting with AOL, as an alternate to the unsolicited bid made by Microsoft.

Blogger Charity Smackdown: Do Good and Also Help Kara Get a Free Lunch With Yahoo's Jerry Yang!

in News on October 4, 2007 at 1:20 am PT

So I call and email Yahoo PR all the time in what is now a futile quest to get some sit-down interview time with CEO Jerry Yang, whom I have known and covered for, I don’t know, what feels like a kabillion years. So far, no dice! I don’t know why, but it might have [...]